Carlton council to discuss vote on Highway 47
Carlton City Council will hold a special meeting tonight to take care of several items left over from the Aug. 4 meeting. During the Zoom session, the council will discuss having voters choose whether ...
McMinnville schools will open Sept. 14 with distance learning
UPDATED with local information. ------ McMinnville schools will open Sept. 14, a week later than planned, with comprehensive distance learning rather than in-person classes. The district, which had ...
Carlton will seek city manager
Carlton will look for a new city manager to replace Dennis Durham, whose resignation was accepted by the city council during a special meeting Thursday night. Durham has been city manager since May 2018. ...
Hundreds honor Willamina soldier
Hundreds of flag-waving supporters lined both sides of Highway 18 on Thursday, hoping for a glimpse of the hearse that carried the body of Oregon Army National Guard soldier Pfc. Alexander Blake Klass ...
Newberg woman arrested for stealing from animal shelter
The Yamhill County Sheriff's Office Tuesday arrested a Newberg woman for allegedly embezzling more than $86,000 from the nonprofit Newberg Animal Shelter. Laura Marie Stone, 39, who served as the shelter's ...
County COVID-19 cases jump by 16
Yamhill County doubled its previous largest daily increase in new COVID-19 cases today, reporting 16 new cases and one death, a 74-year-old woman who died June 30 in Willamette Valley Medical Center. She ...
Burglars steal West Valley FD equipment
Burglars stole communications equipment from two apparatus bays after breaking into the West Valley Fire District main station in Willamina. The two entered the building on Main Street about 12:30 a.m. ...
Sheridan FD gets seismic grant
The Sheridan Fire District has received a $2.1 million grant for seismic upgrades to the 37-year-old main station. Building codes have changed significantly since the brick station was constructed on ...
City approves $117 million budget
The McMinnville City Council approved a $117 million 2020-21 budget that received a couple of last-minute tweaks, but didn’t address police department funding, which scores of residents had criticized ...
Mask issue raises unfiltered feelings
If the traveling salesmen of “The Music Man” were chugging into River City, they might be singing, “Masks at the dry goods store. Masks at the grocery store. Masks when you’re dining ...
County Dems elect youngest chair and vice-chair in Oregon
Dayton native Omar Sandoval wasn’t predicting a career in politics or government when he applied for a fellowship with immigrant rights’ group Movimiento Cosecha in 2018, yet it started his ...
Fired county attorney alleges discrimination, retaliation
A former county attorney hired to provide legal advice to employees has filed a tort claim notice against the county claiming she was fired in May in retaliation for complaints about race and sex discrimination. Josephine ...
‘U’ turn ahead: Linfield set to graduate ‘college’
After almost a century as Linfield College, McMinnville’s private school will be renamed Linfield University on July 1. “With the new name, we are not just staying the course, nor simply changing ...
COVID-19 grounds Oregon International Air Show
COVID-19 has grounded the Oregon International Air Show originally scheduled for Sept. 25-27 at the McMinnville Municipal Airport. Safety considerations and government restrictions related to the coronavirus ...
